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Course Title:
Keyboarding Applications I
Grade Level:
Course Term:
7
9 weeks
Focus:
Proper keystroking, touch typing, proofreading
Purpose:
This middle-level course is designed for students to learn touch typing
techniques and proper keystroking while continuing to develop
composition and proofreading skills as well as speed and accuracy.
Resources:
EduTyping.com (software)
Outcome 1:
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
1.10
1.11
1.12
1.13
1.14
1.15
1.16
1.17
1.18
1.19
Demonstrate appropriate keyboarding skills using home row keys, proper finger
placements, and key reaches
Use the home row and correct reaches
Use the top row of the keyboard for number keying
Use the numeric keypad for number keying
Key rhythmically
Use correct posture at computer
Sit up straight, square, and centered to the keyboard
Place feet flat on floor
Use proper chair height
Sit proper distance from keyboard
Place hands slightly off the keyboard with wrists flat
Keep shoulders relaxed and elbows at side
Keep fingers slightly curved
Identify malfunctions, missing programs, or problems with the computer and let
instructor know
Straighten and clean workstations/work areas
Leave equipment according to instructor’s directions
Exit software programs and shut down computer properly
Keep food, liquid, and magnets away form computer components
Demonstrate proper care of storage media (CD/DVDs, USB flash drives)
Outcome 2:
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
TLW demonstrate proper touch typing technique and work station management
TLW develop keyboarding skills to improve speed and accuracy
Demonstrate speed and accuracy (30 wpm, 90% accuracy, 1-minute paragraph timing)
Practice skills that encourage speed with accuracy
Work toward a controlled rate of speed that will provide a high degree of accuracy
Assess progress using speed and accuracy grading scales
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2.5
Apply correct techniques doing daily practice
Outcome 3:
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
Demonstrate ethical behavior when using technology
Review computer lab policies and procedures
Discuss the importance of respecting the privacy of other students’ work
Explain copyright laws
Discuss the importance of keyboarding skill in all career fields
Outcome 4:
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
TLW understand social, ethical, and human issues in relation to technology
TLW demonstrate positive digital citizenship
Examine and practice cultural, social, ethical, and legal issues associated with
information technology
Adhere to fair use and copyright regulations
Compare the main similarities and differences between bullying and cyberbullying and
identify strategies for dealing with cyberbullying
Recognize that an individual’s online information can be helpful or harmful to their
reputation
Explore the role digital media plays in lives by examining their own media habits and
online activities
Describe positive aspects of online talking and messaging and identify situations in which
online talk may be risky
Course Title:
Keyboarding Applications II
Grade Level:
Course Term:
8
9 weeks
Focus:
Basic computer operations, word processing applications,
Purpose:
This middle-level course is designed to emphasize digital citizenship,
basic computer operations, word processing applications.
Resources:
Keyboarding Apps
Outcome 1:
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
TLW use basic features of word processing applications
Open and save a document (this includes all google docs, google sheets, google slides)
Access google drive
Access district’s gmail
Open new and previously saved files (this includes all google docs, google sheets, google
slides)
Open files from and save files to a network folder, the hard drive, or other storage media
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1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
1.10
1.11
1.12
1.13
1.14
1.15
1.16
1.17
1.18
1.19
1.20
1.21
Use save as and save command
Input and format test within a document at the keyboard
Key text from monitor/screen or copy (textbook, printed materials)
Insert and delete text
Drag and drop, cut, copy, and paste text
Change font type, size, style, and color
Set text alignment
Change page setup options (margins, alignment, orientation)
Set line spacing
Practice hard return, word wrap, and page break
Utilize undo and redo
Compose original documents at the keyboard using correct sentence and paragraph
structure
Proofread and edit a document
Use spelling and grammar check
Use proofreader’s marks to edit a document
Use the select feature to make editing changes
Outcome 2:
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
TLW demonstrate positive digital citizenship
Examine and practice cultural, social, ethical, and legal issues associated with
information technology
Adhere to fair use and copyright regulations
Compare the main similarities and differences between bullying and cyberbullying and
identify strategies for dealing with cyberbullying
Recognize that an individual’s online information can be helpful or harmful to their
reputation
Explore the role digital media plays in lives by examining their own media habits and
online activities
Describe positive aspects of online talking and messaging and identify situations in which
online talk may be risky
Course Title:
Grade Level:
Course Term:
Information Technology I
9-12
One Semester
Focus:
The importance of digital citizenship, professional communication
practices, advanced document processing, professional presentations, and
intermediate spreadsheet and database applications used personally and
professionally.
Purpose:
Students will explore emerging technologies as it applies to their success
for high school, college, and career. The focus will be on the importance
of digital citizenship, professional communication practices, advanced
7th Grade
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September 2014
document processing, professional presentations, and intermediate
spreadsheet and database applications used personally and professionally.
Outcome 1: TLW demonstrate positive cyber citizenship by applying industry accepted
ethical practices and behaviors.
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
Examine and practice cultural, social, ethical, and legal issues associated with
information technology.
Formulate a critical stance by questioning the validity, accuracy, and
appropriateness of information.
Demonstrate a variety of strategies for effective and efficient searches.
Evaluate safety and security measures for protecting information and developing
digital footprints.
Outcome 2:
2.1
2.2
2.3
Create, edit, and format documents using effective techniques.
Prepare and troubleshoot merged documents.
Apply digital design strategies to design professional documents.
Outcome 3:
3.1
3.2
3.3
4.2
5.2
TLW employ spreadsheet applications to organize and manipulate data.
Enter, modify worksheet data, structure, format data, and problem solve in a
worksheet.
Sort data, manipulate data using formulas and functions, and create charts.
Outcome 5:
5.1
TLW demonstrate effective professional communication skills and
practices.
Prepare and develop professional presentations.
Describe Internet concepts and Internet communication etiquette.
Utilize electronic communication applications to communicate within a
workplace.
Outcome 4:
4.1
TLW use document processing applications to prepare business
communications.
TLW identify and understand career paths in the Information Technology
Career cluster.
Examine resources to develop an understanding of information technology
careers.
Identify the benefits of industry certifications and higher education pathways for
various information technology fields.
7th Grade
Battle Creek Public Schools
September 2014
Outcome 6:
6.1
6.2
6.3
Investigate and understand emerging trends in technology and the impact on
society.
Interact with new and emerging technologies.
Utilize emerging technologies to create and evaluate forms of communication.
Outcome 7:
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
TLW describe trends in emerging and evolving technologies and their
influence in information technology.
TLW synthesize database management concepts to manage, evaluate, and
organize information in an effective manner.
Compare and contrast methods for storing, organizing, and retrieving data.
Create and format a database.
Create database objects.
Modify or enter records, create reports, and/or sort data.
Course Title:
Grade Level:
Course Term:
Information Technology II
9-12
One Semester
Focus:
This course will focus on skill development in advanced spreadsheet,
database, and integration of applications utilizing advanced features, and
exploring web technologies.
Purpose:
This course will focus on skill development in advanced spreadsheet,
database, and integration of applications utilizing advanced features, and
exploring web technologies. Students taking both Information Technology
Applications I and II may be eligible for articulated or dual credit at a
participating postsecondary institution. Skills, standards, and coursework
align with industry certifications.
Outcome 1: TLW employ advanced spreadsheet applications to organize, aggregate,
and manipulate data.
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
Create worksheet structures using formulas and the proper order of operations.
Analyze data through sorting, filtering, listing, and pivot tables.
Import, export, and share worksheet data.
Utilize formatting methods, including conditional formatting and other advanced
formatting methods.
Use advanced features.
Outcome 2:
7th Grade
TLW synthesize relational database concepts to design, manage, evaluate,
and organize information in a effective manner.
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2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
Design tables specifying properties for data entry and relationships.
Construct multi-table queries to retrieve, organize, and aggregate data.
Design forms and sub-forms for efficient and effective data entry or retrieval.
Design reports and sub-reports for visually appealing display of appropriate data.
Outcome 3:
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
Apply intellectual property issues when using information technologies.
Identify and explain the basic HyperText Markup Language (HTML) terms and
concepts.
Explain the different electronic media formats.
Apply effective web design principles.
Outcome 4:
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
TLW develop an awareness of web fundamentals.
TLW use critical thinking skills to integrate information technology tools
to access, manage, and create new information.
Gather, evaluate, use, and disseminate information from multiple technology
sources.
Design e-business and e-commerce solutions.
Create digitally designed products.
Examine resources to develop an understanding of any career field as it relates to
information technology.
Course Title:
Grade Level:
Course Term:
Digital Media
10-12
One Semester
Focus:
Emphasis will be placed on effective use of tools for interactive
multimedia production including storyboarding, visual development,
project management, and web processes.
Purpose:
Students will create, design, and produce digital media including sound,
video, graphics, text, and animation. Emphasis will be placed on effective
use of tools for interactive multimedia production including storyboarding,
visual development, project management, and web processes.
Outcome 1:
TLW explore digital technologies and web and digital communications
career opportunities
7th Grade
Battle Creek Public Schools
September 2014
1.1
1.2
Integrate multimedia software products appropriate for various computer
platforms.
Evaluate various peripheral devices and export options.
Outcome 2:
2.1
2.2
2.3
Demonstrate appropriate image capturing techniques.
Apply appropriate image and graphic editing techniques.
Utilize appropriate image and graphic exporting techniques.
Outcome 3:
3.1
3.2
3.3
6.2
6.3
TLW create a website.
Identify basic principles of how a web page is constructed, how it functions, and
how it is used.
Demonstrate basic web development skills.
Incorporate digital media assets into a web project.
Outcome 7:
7.1
TLW plan, capture, gather, edit, and produce a multimedia-rich video
Create a pre-production plan for a video project.
Capture and gather assets for a video project.
Demonstrate appropriate video editing techniques.
Utilize appropriate video exporting techniques.
Outcome 6:
6.1
TLW plan, produce, edit, and publish animations.
Create scripts, storyboards, and flowcharts used in animation.
Demonstrate appropriate animation techniques.
Utilize appropriate animation exporting techniques.
Outcome 5:
project.
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
TLW plan, produce, edit, and publish digital audio.
Create scripts, storyboards, and flowcharts used in digital audio.
Apply appropriate audio editing techniques.
Utilize appropriate audio exporting techniques.
Outcome 4:
4.1
4.2
4.3
TLW create and edit images and graphics.
TLW understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to
technology, and practice legal and ethical behavior.
Utilize Fair Use Guidelines and Copyright Laws as they apply to digital media.
Course Title:
7th Grade
Web Design
Battle Creek Public Schools
September 2014
Grade Level:
Course Term:
10-12
One Semester
Focus:
The focus will be given to effective page layout, image creation and
manipulation, interactivity, content creation, and project management.
This course may be available for articulated or dual credit at a
postsecondary institution.
Purpose:
Students will demonstrate knowledge of web design and languages,
including HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and Cascading Style
Sheets (CSS) to create a content rich and visually pleasing website that
captures and keeps visitors’ interests. Focus will be given to effective
page layout, image creation and manipulation, interactivity, content
creation, and project management. This course may be available for
articulated or dual credit at a postsecondary institution.
Outcome 1:
TLW plan a website for a specific purpose.
1.1
1.2
Identify the client and target audience needs.
Design critical elements of site structure, layout, and navigation.
Outcome 2:
2.1
2.2
Identify intellectual property issues when creating web pages.
Discuss appropriate ethical standards in web content.
Outcome 3:
3.1
3.2
3.3
TLW demonstrate the effective use of tools for digital communication
production, development, and project management.
Develop creative web elements.
Integrate creative web elements into website.
Evaluate website functionality using industry accepted standards.
Implement effective site management structures.
Outcome 5:
5.1
5.2
5.3
TLW demonstrate web development skills.
Define web document structure process.
Develop web content utilizing HyperText Markup Language (HTML).
Incorporate Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in development of a web page.
Outcome 4:
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
TLW comply with intellectual property laws, copyright laws, and ethical
practices when creating web and digital communications.
TLW implement quality assurance processes to deliver effective digital
communication.
Test and evaluate the website functionality.
Publish website to web server.
Troubleshoot and maintain website.
7th Grade
Battle Creek Public Schools
September 2014
Outcome 6:
6.1
TLW investigate career opportunities, characteristics, and abilities for
success in the Web and Digital Communications Pathway.
Identify the benefits of industry certification and higher education.
Course Title:
Grade Level:
Course Term:
Accounting
11-12
One Year
Focus:
Financial records, summarizing, reporting, income and asset validation.
Purpose:
Designed to cover sole proprietorship accounting principles involved in
the preparation and maintenance of financial records concerned with
business management and operations. It is a comprehensive introduction
to basic accounting including recording, summarizing and reporting,
principles of income measurement and asset validation, and accounting
systems and controls. Students are exposed to careers in the accounting
field and are given the opportunity to perform accounting applications
using the computer. An introduction to partnerships and corporations may
be included.
Outcome 1:
TLW be able to complete and explain the purpose of the steps of the
accounting cycle.
1.1
1.2
1.3
Apply concepts of analyzing transactions and how they relate to the accounting
equation.
Explain the purpose of documenting transactions through journal and ledger
entries.
Prepare and explain the purposes of each financial statement and describe the way
they interact.
Outcome 2:
2.1
2.2
2.3
Identify generally accepted accounting principles as applied to assets.
Identify generally accepted accounting principles as applied to liabilities.
Identify generally accepted accounting principles as applied to equities.
Outcome 3:
3.1
TLW be able to apply generally accepted accounting principles to
determine the value of assets, liabilities, and equity.
TLW prepare, interpret, and analyze financial statements for various types
of business.
Evaluate the impact of data on business through the development of financial
statements.
7th Grade
Battle Creek Public Schools
September 2014
Outcome 4:
4.1
4.2
4.3
Prepare and maintain payroll records.
Differentiate between taxation at the personal and business levels.
Describe the different forms of business ownership and the advantages and
disadvantages of each form.
Outcome 5:
5.1
5.2
5.3
TLW apply appropriate accounting principles to payroll, income taxation,
and various forms of ownership.
TLW investigate accounting-related career opportunities, workplace
skills, and ethics related to the field of accounting.
Describe the career opportunities related to the accounting profession.
Demonstrate the workplace skills and competencies required to be successful in
an accounting-related career.
Explain the importance of high ethical standards in the field of accounting.
FOCUS AREA:
Grade Level:
Course Term:
Personal Finance
10-12
One Semester
Purpose Statement: Designed to assist students in personal financial management
skills. Students learn to manage their resources and to make sound
personal financial decisions. Units of study include budgeting, credit,
insurance, saving and investing, home ownership, banking, taxes, wills
and estates.
Links to
LEARNS
The outcomes of this class will address the following Nebraska standards.
Reading/Writing
Math
Social Studies
Science
Outcome 1:
1.1
1.2
12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.2.2, 12.2.5, 12.3.2 12.4.1
8.2.1, 8.2.2, 8.2.3, 8.2.4, 8.6.3, 12.2.1, 12.2.2,
12.2.3, 12.4.7, 12.6.4
12.4.27
12.1.1
TLW understand economic concepts that support rational decision making
(SS 12.2.6).
Explore employment trends and reasons for growth and decline in employment
(12.2.6.a).
Make career decisions by systematically considering alternatives and
consequences through the use of cost benefit analysis (12.2.6.b).
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1.3
1.4
Assess the incentives for investing in personal education, skills, and talents
(12.2.6.c).
Identify various ways people earn a living by using career programs to explore
opportunities (e.g., Nebraska Career Education) (12.2.6.d).
Outcome 2:
2.1
2.2
2.3
Organize personal finances and use a budget to manage cash flow (12.2.7.a).
Compare and contrast checking and savings accounts (12.2.7.b).
Assess the effects of taxes on personal income (12.2.7.c).
Outcome 3:
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
4.3
5.2
TLW evaluate savings, investment, and risk management strategies to
achieve financial goals (SS 12.2.9).
Explain the importance of saving to ensure financial security (12.2.9.a).
Implement an investment strategy that is compatible with personal goals (e.g.,
stocks, bonds, mutual funds, retirement plans) (12.2.9.b).
Analyze appropriate and cost effective risk management strategies (e.g., health,
disability, life, auto insurance) (12.2.9.c).
Outcome 5:
5.1
TLW critique strategies used to establish, build, maintain, monitor, and
control credit (SS 12.2.8).
Analyze factors that affect the choice of credit, the cost of credit, and the legal
aspects of using credit (12.2.8.a).
Identify strategies of establishing and maintaining a good credit rating for effective
credit management (e.g., credit cards, auto loans, mortgages) (12.2.8.b).
Compare and contrast the cost and benefits of various lending institutions (e.g.,
banks, credit unions, paycheck advance businesses, pawn shops) (12.2.8.c).
Students will identify situations when borrowing money and paying interest may
be a wise or unwise decision (12.2.8.d).
Outcome 4:
4.1
4.2
TLW apply effective money management concepts (SS 12.2.7).
TLW examine the government’s influence on economic systems through
fiscal policy (SS 12.2.11).
Examine how governments can use taxing and spending policies to influence
behavior (e.g., alcohol tax, home mortgage interest deduction) (12.2.11.a).
Examine the impact of fiscal policy on budget deficits\surpluses and national debt
(12.2.11.b).
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September 2014
5.3
Examine the impact of the unemployment rate on the economy (frictional,
structural, cyclical) (12.2.11.c).
FOCUS AREA:
Grade Level:
Course Term:
Economics
11
One Semester
Purpose Statement: TLW utilize economic reasoning skills to make informed
judgments and become effective participants in the economy at the local,
state, national and international levels.
Outcome 1:
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
Explain how the factors of production are bought and sold in the market
(12.2.1.a).
Analyze the role of the product market and the resource market (12.2.1.b).
Understand productivity as a measure of the quantity of goods and services
produced with a given amount of resources (e.g., Gross Domestic Product)
(12.2.1.c).
Analyze how market forces determine what producers choose to produce and
which combination of productive resources will be most productive (12.2.1.d).
Explain how wages/earnings are affected by the market (e.g. value of products,
supply and demand of labor, worker skills and qualifications) (12.2.1.e)
Explain the role and importance of profit and return on investments to
producers (e.g., increase in supply and expansion of industries) (12.2.1.f).
Outcome 2:
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
TLW assess how market forces guide the owners of land, labor, and
capital and determine the allocation of wealth in the economy (SS 12.2.1).
TLW illustrate how markets determine prices and allocate goods and
services (SS 12.2.2).
Understand demand, quantity demanded, and changes in demand (12.2.2.a).
Understand supply, quantity supplied, and changes in supply (12.2.2.b).
Understand that equilibrium price and quantity are determined by supply and
demand (12.2.2.c).
Hypothesize how competition between sellers could result in lower prices,
higher quality products, and better customer service (12.2.2.d).
Hypothesize how producers and consumers affect market prices and quantities
through the goods and services they produce and buy (e.g., shifts in supply and
demand, price elasticity) (12.2.2.e).
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September 2014
Outcome 3:
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
Analyze how various economic institutions have played a role in United States
economic policy and practice (e.g., corporations, labor unions, financial
institutions, stock markets, cooperatives, and business partnerships) (12.2.3.a).
Describe how measures used by economic institutions are calculated (e.g.,
trends and business cycles using GDP, unemployment rates, inflation rates)
(12.2.3.b).
Explain how banks and a sound monetary system are critical to a functioning
economy (12.2.3.c).
Describe the functions and role of the Federal Reserve System and its influence
through monetary policy (e.g., balancing inflation and unemployment) (12.2.3.d).
Understand how financial markets determine the cost of borrowing and
influence the level of economic activity (12.2.3.e).
Outcome 4:
4.1
4.2
5.2
5.3
TLW assess how private ownership of property is a basic institution of a
market economy (SS 12.2.4).
Assess how property rights are defined, enforced, and limited by government
(e.g., zoning laws, eminent domain, Homestead Act, copyright laws, patents, and
intellectual property) (12.2.4.a).
Describe the role of market economy in United States history (e.g., periods of
prosperity, recessions, and overall growth) (12.2.4.b).
Outcome 5:
5.1
TLW analyze how economic institutions impact individuals and groups (SS
12.2.3).
TLW Students will recognize and predict the impact that various economic
systems will have on people (SS 12.2.5).
Develop a logical argument debating the merits of various economic systems
(e.g., traditional, command, market, mixed) (12.2.5.a).
Evaluate the historical use of various economic systems (12.2.5.b).
Compare the standard of living with other countries (Germany, Brazil, Russia,
India, China) (12.2.5.c).
Outcome 6:
7th Grade
TLW Students will analyze the roles and responsibilities of government in
various economic systems (12.2.10).
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6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
Examine how governments utilize taxation to provide goods and services to
society (e.g., disaster relief, flood control, police protection) (12.2.10.a).
Investigate multiple roles of government in a market economy (e.g., forms of
taxation, enforcing private property and zoning laws, collecting sales tax)
(12.2.10.b).
Explore various forms of taxation (earning, consumption, or wealth) and discuss
outcomes of various tax philosophies as drivers of economic activity (12.2.10.c).
Research the role of government in the development of economic systems (e.g.,
historic and current examples of command, market, traditional, mixed systems)
(12.2.10.d).
Analyze government policies and regulations in areas of market failure (e.g.,
monopolies, externalities, non-enforcement of property rights) (12.2.10.e).
Outcome 7:
7.1
7.2
7.3
Analyze the effects of various trade policies (e.g., identify short term/long term
impacts) (12.2.12.a).
Identify goods which are available at a lower price because of international trade
(12.2.12.b).
Explain how trade barriers impact the prices and quantity of goods in the
domestic market (12.2.12.c).
Outcome 8:
7.1
7.2
TLW Students will evaluate how international trade benefits individuals,
organizations, and nations (SS 12.2.12).
TLW Students will evaluate how international trade affects the domestic
economy (12.2.13).
Identify goods which are available at a lower price because of international trade
(12.2.13.a).
Explain how trade barriers impact the prices and quantity of goods in the
domestic market (12.2.13.b).
7th Grade
Battle Creek Public Schools
September 2014